Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Time: 5:30 to 9:00 pm 

First speaker will begin at 6:30pm, (which is earlier than usual,) to give you 2 PDUs

Four Missing Elements in your Project Managers

Todd C. Williams

Projects don’t need process. They require project managers who are partners in achieving the organization’s goals. PMs need to negotiate reasonable alternatives, sell innovative ideas, and motivate teams. They must be leaders who can transform the customer’s wants to needs. Otherwise, executives will be plagued with underperforming and failing projects.

The "Secret" Reason IT Projects Fail at a Rate of 75%
and are likely to continue so...

Jack Tollefson

Everyone knows that IT projects struggle to succeed much more than other kinds. We often laugh off that failure rate saying “Well, there are people involved. What else could you expect?” Silently hoping such claims transfer our accountability for project success to them as their responsibility for failure When a project goes well we might say “Finally I had the right people,” proving our point all along: it is the others that are the problem. Many organizations have invested heavily in training project managers; using proven PM practices, and many PM positions now require PM certifications or qualifications. The hope is that increased rigor will limit failures. Yet the failure rate remains unchanged.

In this short, energetic presentation, Mr. Tollefson explores the assumptions of that thinking, how our own confidence in our tools and practices, if not complemented with… may actually contribute to the problem, and how we as project managers might be the real problem. Why? Because project success is our responsibility. Even when doing everything right; many things can still go wrong. As ambassadors of our profession we should probably admit that we have all seriously missed something significant here. Jack presents a new conceptual model to start the discussion around the missing “secret”.

NEW LOCATION: Pellegrino's Event Center, Tumwater (across from Costco)  

Introducing Your New 2013 Board Members

We are fortunate this year to have candidates for every board position. The board of director positions each run for a two year term. Each year about half of the positions come up for election. Here are your new board members:

• President - Gary Hudson, PMP
• VP Communications - Ida Jayarani, PMP
• VP Education - Pat Heyn, PMP

For a brief bio on each new board member and what they bring to the position click here.

On-Demand Webinars

Looking for expertise and information to tackle your project challenges?

Access a library of webinars addressing project management trends, best practices, how-to-guides, and much more — all available to help you make meaningful contributions to the projects you lead or work on. Webinars were created by PMI's communities of practice.

Featured Webinars 1 hour of webinar equals 1 PDU – Category A.

On-demand webinars will:

• Give you flexibility and convenience in when you train 
• Provide you more ways to earn PDUs. PMI members who hold a PMI
  credential seek opportunities to earn PDUs at no additional cost.
• Increase awareness for PMI communities of practice. Currently 60% of PMI
  members visit community of practice sites once a month. The On-Demand Webinars
  will help to increase these numbers, as the host community of practice will be
  promoted with their webinar.

Visit the On-Demand Webinars webpage and encourage others to check out this exciting new member benefit. 

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 New Members 

• Gregory Keating
• Richard Neumann
• Shairus Palotil, Cayzen Technologies

New PMP's

• Gregory Keating, PMP